Press releases

Today, the European Parliament’s plenary voted on the CO2 targets for passenger cars up to 2030. This builds on its Environment Committee’s vote of September 10th.

Today patients and health budgets may sometimes be paying through the roof for expensive medicinal treatments that are not necessarily efficient. The position adopted today by the European Parliament, to pool efforts by Member States in testing how efficient medicines are, could change that.

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) regrets the outcome of today’s plenary vote. If the plans voted today become EU law, the benefits of the internet for consumers will be at risk.

Today, the European Parliament’s environment committee voted for car CO2 emission targets that will spur major fuel savings for consumers and help roll out clean cars. If confirmed by Parliament’s plenary and EU Member States, this is a huge boost for greener and cheaper driving.